Thirukannapuram Divya Desam and Ashtakshari Manthram

Thirukannapuram Divya Desam and Ashtakshari Manthram
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There are eight Swayam Vyaktha Kshetras where Paravasudevan took Archa-avatars appearing on his own Sankalpa. There is a direct correlation between Ashtakshari Manthram and Swayam Vyakta Kshetrams, each of the eight aksharams of Ashtakshari Manathram corresponds to one of the eight Swayam Vyakta Kshetram.

Parasara Bhattar in his Ranganathashtakam alludes to Bhagavath Ramanuja having visited the most of the Swayam Vyaktha Kshetrams.

    

 Sri Rangam , kari shailam ,  anchana girim, Tharkshyardhri simhachalai,

Sri koormam purushothamam cha Bhadari narayanam naimisam,

Srimath dhwaravathi,  Prayaga Mathura ayodhya gaya pushkaram,

Salagrama girim nishevya ramathe ramanujam muni.   8

The Ashtakashari stuthi presented has one one sloka for each Aksharam of Ashtakshari Manthram.

Thirukannapuram Neela Megha Perumal, alias Sowrirajan,  is the one who administered Thirumatharam to Thirumangai Mannan and hence he is considered as the personification of Ashtakshari Manthram

Here is a presentation of Ashtakashari storam and Ashtakshari Stuthi.